LAW5620 Privacy and surveillance in an information age: Comparative law perspectives

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Apply knowledge and understanding, from a comparative perspective, of the law relating to the protection of privacy, demonstrating sophisticated awareness of the theoretical and policy concerns underpinning privacy law and of the privacy threats posed by new technologies;

2. 2

   Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex legal and policy issues relating to the balance between the right to privacy and other rights and interests, including the right to freedom of expression;

3. 3

   Conduct research into issues relating to the application of comparative law and policy to the rights to privacy and data privacy;

4. 4

   Creatively solve complex problems relating to privacy, technology, law and policy